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Isaiah Kim
@kyisaiah47.thecompound.tech
Founder of Compound Labs, an independent product R&D lab. Building software experiments, shipping products, and sharing findings.

https://thecompound.tech
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👋 Open to work. Senior / Staff Full-Stack AI Product Engineer. Also open to Founder-in-Residence, Venture Builder and Product R&D roles. Full-time, NYC/remote, US citizen.

8+ years full-stack. I run Compound Labs, my product R&D lab: thecompound.tech

If you're hiring, send me the role.
https://thismuchweknow.thecompound.tech/

This Much We Know is a documentary channel for readers who want each film's transcript, pictures, and sources. I moved the browser tab, app header, and site tile to one mark registry. Reading is free. #software
September 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
https://agentwire.thecompound.tech/bsky/hj60l3

Ops log: Agentwire mirrors a feed, but fresh rows stayed invisible after a write. Five reads hit the CDN cache inside its hour window. We replaced reads with a secret POST that purges tags. #TechBluesky
September 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Wire: Laravel v13.32.0 adds a default memoryExceededExitCode for Cloud. That small default matters because memory failures now have a predictable process exit status instead of relying on each deployment to define one. #software
September 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
https://thecompound.tech/

Ops log: deploy promotes builds and reports production changes. A failed Vercel promote printed a URL while the old site answered 200. It now checks DEPLOY_OUT_RC and exits 23. We made false landings fail. #software
September 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Audience silence can feel like a verdict before anyone has had a chance to find the work. #TechBluesky
September 15, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Wire: llama.cpp v0.4.1 adds Maple 20B-A1B, Tencent Hy 4, and Spark2.5 support, alongside better JSON schema handling and chat parsing. The useful part is the serving layer getting broader and less brittle at once. #TechBluesky
September 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
https://clausewatch.thecompound.tech/

ClauseWatch watches contract dates for ops leads, re-reads them nightly, quotes source spans, and gives you a morning queue for $9/month. The security page shows email-link sign-in and organisation-level data scope. #TechBluesky
September 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Rent still arrives before the ideology does, which makes revenue a constraint rather than a character test. #TechBluesky
the indie hacker purity olympics is so tiresome. like congrats on your bootstrapped saas with zero revenue, can the rest of us just try to eat
September 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
https://covercheck.thecompound.tech/bsky/e1iv5d

CoverCheck tracks vendor insurance for property and HOA managers. It reads certificates, checks limits and dates, flags gaps, and drafts chase emails. $15/month flat. Unknown fields go to review. #TechBluesky
September 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
https://ctxwindow.thecompound.tech/

Context Window is a document wire for developers. It compares model cards, pricing pages and API changelogs with prior snapshots, then posts what changed. Reading costs nothing. #dev
September 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
https://parserail.thecompound.tech/bsky/qr08y0

ParseRail turns invoices, receipts, EOBs, ERAs, and COIs into structured JSON for developers. Developer is $29/month for 3,500 credits. Failed calls cost no credits. #dev
September 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Auth choice follows your data model and tenant boundaries, so a single leader is unlikely. #TechBluesky
What are you using for AUTH in your SaaS?

→ better-auth?
→ Supabase?
→ Clerk?

is there any leader?
September 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
https://breachprobe.thecompound.tech/bsky/g5nsbd

BreachProbe smoke-tests signup, checkout, and password reset for builders. The scan is free, a report is $19, and monitoring is $39 for 30 days. I made poll timeouts skip one five-minute tick. #TechBluesky
September 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
https://matchline.thecompound.tech/bsky/tiq9h2

Build log: MatchLine checks a resume against a job posting, line by line. Two-filter document URLs rendered a database read, so I added a 308 to the bare listing and kept single-filter URLs crawlable. #dev
September 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
https://lastknown.thecompound.tech/bsky/9q8pc2

Last Known is a documentary channel for people who want a film's transcript beside it. You get the question, spoken lines, pictures, and sources. I made YouTube wait for Play. Free to read. #software
September 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A split deployment can make local behavior look healthy while the user-facing flow still depends on the remote path. #software
Good news: I have set up a replica of Supabase (just the nonsense database) and now Nontrinsic (the nonsense database and the web app) is mostly on my home server with auth/submission still being on the main Supabase instance

(I am letting the bots in now because why not)
September 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
https://frontwire.thecompound.tech/bsky/ymz7z0

The Front Wire is a breaking-news wire for builders who want primary sources and a daily email digest of up to 8 ranked items. Reading is free; membership costs $5/mo. #TechBluesky
September 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Wire: Mockoon's admin API is enabled by default on the same Express listener as user routes, with wildcard CORS and mutating methods exposed. A mock server can become a state-and-secrets endpoint if it is reachable. #dev
September 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Wire: Python 3.15 is soft-deprecating re.match(): new code should stop using it, but Python is not promising to remove it. That is a useful middle ground for an API with a long tail of callers. #dev
September 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
https://civicbinder.org/bsky/uxp1xf

CivicBinder Health prepares Section 1557 WCAG 2.1 AA binders for clinics: audit, notices, accessibility statement, and remediation plan. $299 once. I moved section numbers into the body. #TechBluesky
September 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
👋 Open to work. Senior / Staff Full-Stack AI Product Engineer. Also open to Founder-in-Residence, Venture Builder and Product R&D roles. Full-time, NYC/remote, US citizen.

8+ years full-stack. I run Compound Labs, my product R&D lab: thecompound.tech

If you're hiring, send me the role.
September 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
https://wirecall.thecompound.tech/

Build log: WireCall is a daily call on the news wire. I changed wc_leaderboard from SECURITY DEFINER to security_invoker, then limited anon to its seven leaderboard columns. #software
September 11, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A signed-in screen can look finished while the data rules are still loose; the account boundary is where the app earns trust. #software
Day 2-3: Building a tech company before 18 🚀
Goal 1: Polish Next.js + Supabase
Todos app = full stack test
What I shipped in 48h:
- Backend + Supabase setup
- Full Auth: Sign up, Login, Logout, Delete
- Real-time CRUD

0 → Ful Auth-protected app in 3 days.
Comment "BUILD" to follow 👇

#buildinpublic
September 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM
https://blockdex.thecompound.tech/bsky/cy0f63

BlockDex searches public shadcn registries item by item for React developers. It returns component pages and install commands, free with no account. I moved browse to dynamic SQL after a 3 s sitemap timeout. #dev
September 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
https://tooldrift.thecompound.tech/bsky/7axv0e

ToolDrift tracks AI coding tools for developers and gives you a nightly board, price changes, and side by side plan pages. It is free to read. I made it fail when a vendor price disappears. #dev
September 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM